We (=company I work for in IT) have switched away from the X-series Thinkpads (and the Dell XPS line before those) to the T14s Thinkpads for "travel" laptops a few years ago, and that decision turned out to be the right one as everybody's happy..
They are dependable and well-built, no issues with them to speak of. We buy them with AMD internals - cheaper and better: more CPU power, way faster internal graphics, better battery life, quieter and cooler. See review here: https://www.notebookcheck.net/Lenovo....763581.0.html. Buying refurbished is fine with these. Also, they're still more modular than average and things like the keyboard are easily replaceable and spare parts are widely available.
The issue with the XPS13 is its glossy screen and its Intel components. See a review here: https://www.theverge.com/23674395/de...2-intel-review
Whatever you end up buying - make sure the system either has customer-upgradeable RAM (fewer and fewer lines offer that as the industry moves to DDR5 memory) or otherwise option up to the maximum amount of RAM that's available. I would not buy a laptop with less than 32GB of soldered-on RAM today if I planned on keeping it for more than three years. The same goes for SSD memory - more and more laptop models have non-replaceable, soldered-on SSD storage chips these day, including the XPS13.
The trend with the standard 13" screens in this category goes back to a 16:10 aspect ratio displays (1920*1200), which is better for everyday work than the 16:9 aspect ratio 1920*1080 screens that were en vogue the last few generations.